Fatty Acids Decrease Mitochondrial Generation of Reactive Oxygen Species at the Reverse Electron Transport but Increase It at the Forward Transport.
From: Institut für Biochemie, Medizinische Fakultät, Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg, Leipziger Str. 44, 39120 Magdeburg, Germany. peter.schoenfeld@medizin.uni-magdeburg.de
Biochimica et biophysica acta
- Publish Date: Aug 2007
- ISSN: 0006-3002
- Volume: 1767
- Issue: 8
- Pages: 1032-40
- Medium: Print
- Language: English
- Citation (JAMA): Schönfeld Peter, Wojtczak Lech, et al. Fatty Acids Decrease Mitochondrial Generation of Reactive Oxygen Species at the Reverse Electron Transport but Increase It at the Forward Transport.. Biochim. Biophys. Acta Aug 2007;1767:1032-40
Abstract
Long-chain nonesterified (“free”) fatty acids (FFA) can affect the mitochondrial generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) in two ways: (i) by depolarisation of the inner membrane due to the uncoupling effect and (ii) by partly blocking the respiratory chain. In the present work this dual effect was investigated in rat heart and liver mitochondria under conditions of forward and reverse electron transport. Under conditions of the forward electron transport, i.e. with pyruvate plus malate and with succinate (plus rotenone) as respiratory substrates, polyunsaturated fatty acid, arachidonic, and branched-chain saturated fatty acid, phytanic, increased ROS production in parallel with a partial inhibition of the electron transport in the respiratory chain, most likely at the level of complexes I and III. A linear correlation between stimulation of ROS production and inhibition of complex III was found for rat heart mitochondria. This effect on ROS production was further increased in glutathione-depleted mitochondria. Under conditions of the reverse electron transport, i.e. with succinate (without rotenone), unsaturated fatty acids, arachidonic and oleic, straight-chain saturated palmitic acid and branched-chain saturated phytanic acid strongly inhibited ROS production. This inhibition was partly abolished by the blocker of ATP/ADP transfer, carboxyatractyloside, thus indicating that this effect was related to uncoupling (protonophoric) action of fatty acids. It is concluded that in isolated rat heart and liver mitochondria functioning in the forward electron transport mode, unsaturated fatty acids and phytanic acid increase ROS generation by partly inhibiting the electron transport and, most likely, by changing membrane fluidity. Only under conditions of reverse electron transport, fatty acids decrease ROS generation due to their uncoupling action.
Mesh Headings (Keywords): Animals, Electron Transport, Electron Transport Complex I, Electron Transport Complex III, Fatty Acids, Female, Glutathione, Mitochondria, Oxygen, Rats, Rats, Wistar, Reactive Oxygen Species, Uncoupling Agents
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